On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, January 22. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

4.7OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood the Neches and Sabine marsh, then the drains at Texas Point. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

21 mph NW · thunderstorms · incoming

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • Sabine Bank · 5.9pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 5.5pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 5.2marsh drain on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook.

1 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.7grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief